I’ve been going to Spurs games for a long time, a LONG time. 12 years to be exact. One of my biggest regrets during these twelve years is I haven’t taken enough pictures at the games, seeing these players during present times. Over the last couple of years, there’s been so much turnover in the NBA; Players switching teams, dynasties coming to a hault (Golden State). I knew coming into this season I wanted to take more pictures and give myself moments I can look back on 5-10 years from now.
I put the picture up of me and Rudy Tomjanovich up first because he’s a coaching legend and someone I was surprised to see at a game. It was after the game against the Los Angeles Lakers where were simply waiting for traffic to die out so we can go back to m parents. I take a look on my left and I notice a taller, older man and I immediately recognize who he was. I didn’t want to go over and bother him but my dad insisted I go talk to him and he was nice enough to let me take a picture with him. A little info on Tomjanovich; 2 time NBA Champion head coach with the Houston Rockets, and also played with the Rockets in the 1970’s where he was a 5x All-Star. Meeting him was one of the cooler moments I’ve ever got to experience.
The Rest of the pictures I have up are just some I took during downtime of an NBA game. It’s easiest to take pictures of a player when free throws are being shot and it’s pretty easy to take a good one. Choosing the players were the easiest part. LeBron James is on my favorite team and is one of the greatest players of all-time. Kawhi Leonard won the most recent NBA championship, then signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in July, where that team is considered one of the favorites to win. James Harden is the leading scorer of the NBA, and what he’s doing scoring the ball is unprecedented and is going to be hard for someone to replicate anytime in the near future. I’ve also written about all three of these players at some point this semester so another reason to take the pictures. I definitely plan on taking more as I go to more games throughout the year and can’t wait to post more of these in the future.
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